Originally Posted by
ATC Watcher
Thanks Jonzarno for sharing this experience, and glad for you came out unhurt. I read your full account on the FLYER Forum, you mention a few times training on simulator, and also this sentence:
It is the training how to use it part that I am worried about : In 2 of the Flying clubs, I belong we have Ultra lights with BRS and . when there is no wind, I regularly fly one of them for fun. . Training on the BRS consisted in both clubs, in reding a small 4-5 pages leaflet and then signing a form that you had read and understood it. Most of the text referred to the dangers of its pyrotechnics, but not really on how to use it in an emergency.
If you have the time , could you tell us what you learn in the sim that helped you ? . Most aeroclubs do not have ( easy) access to simulators .
Mostly it's the procedure and muscle memory that goes with it. It's one thing to "read the manual" and another to actually feel what it's like in the SIM when something bad is simulated.
I was "lucky" in the sense that my incident happened at 10,000 ft so I had lots of time ti "wind my watch" and decide how best to implement the procedure. The decision that it was going to be a CAPS pull was obvious and instant, but the actual emergency lasted almost somewhere between 5 and 10 minutes as I glided down looking for a safe place to pull.
I hope this helps but happy to talk it through if that would be useful.